Punga: Goddess of Ugly by Deborah Norse Lattimore
The Madeline Series by Ludwig Bemelmans
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily McCully (many great strong girl books by this author, including The Bobbin Girl, Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of Nun's Kung Fu and Little Kit, Or, The Industrious Flea Circus Girl)
A Weave of Words by Robert D. San Souci (also try Young Guinevere, Sukey and the Mermaid, Fa Mulan:The Story of a Woman Warrior, The Talking Eggs and Cut From the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale, all by the same author)
Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne
Three Strong Women by Claus Stamm
Library Lil by Suzanne Williams
Cherry Pies and Lullabies by Lynn W. Reiser
This Quiet Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
Mangaboom by Anita Lobel
Princess Furball by Charlotte Huck
Tam Lin by Susan Cooper
Dawn by Molly Bang
Brave Irene by William Steig
Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Heartaches of a French Cat by Barbara McClintock
The Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
Imogene's Antlers by David Small
The Paper Princess by Elisa Kleven
Sassy Gracie by James Sage
Westward Ho, Carlotta! by Candace Fleming
A Grain of Rice by Demi
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Birdie's Lighthouse by Deborah Hopkinson
The Golly Sisters Go West and Hooray for the Golly Sisters! by Betsy Byars
Loud Emily by Alexis O'Neill
Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell
Amelia's Notebook by Marissa Moss (also try Rachel's Journal by this author)
Tatterhood and Other Tales edited by Ethel Johnston Phelps
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Scooter by Vera Williams
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Moorchild by Eloise McGraw
Love From Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia Wrede
Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary (try all the Ramona series books for a high energy girl!)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
I Am Lavina Cumming by Susan Lowell
In The Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
The Midwife's Apprentice by Catherine Cushman (also try The Ballad of Lucy Whipple and Catherine, Called Birdy by the same author)
Best Enemies by Kathleen Leverich
The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice
The Cam Jansen mystery series by David A. Adler
The American Girl book series, various authors (Meet Addy by Connie Porter is my favorite!)
Taking Flight: My Story by Vicki Van Meter with Dan Gutman
Cleopatra by Diane Stanley (also try Rumplestiltskin's Daughter by this author)
Sacagawea by Judith St. George
Rosa Parks: My Story by Rosa Parks
Joan of Arc by Margaret Early
Nobody Owns the Sky by Reeve Lindbergh
Anne Frank : Beyond the Diary by Ruud Van Der Rol
My Name is Georgia: A Portrait by Jeanette Winter
Eleanor Roosevelt by Russell Freeman
Remarkable Women of the American Revolution by Karen Zeinert
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Artwork by Albina Katsman, 2nd grade
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